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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8577

4 November 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Italian "salva-calcio" decree causes Commission distrust

Brussels, 03/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission may decide to open a formal inquiry next week into the Italian "salva-calcio" decree, the content of which may not be compatible with European rules. Adopted in February, the decree allows first and second division football clubs to extend over ten years the depreciation of their assets linked to acquiring players. In other words, the system allows clubs that have to pay out a large part of their budget to acquire players of...

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